Spilling secrets on notable James Bond-linked locales

Follow in the footsteps of the actors who have played the sexiest, savviest spy ever to grace movie screens by visiting some of these sites:

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Piz Gloria, Schilthorn, Switzerland

To visitors now, it’s a revolving restaurant where you can enjoy a James Bond 007 breakfast buffet after taking a 32-minute cable-car trip to the 2,970-metre high summit of Schilthorn. In 1969 with the debut of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, it was famous as the lair of villain Ernst Blofeld. www.schilthorn.chJackph
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Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style, TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto

Gadgets galore make the North American premiere of this exhibition, Oct. 26 to Jan. 20, 2013, a must-see for Bond devotees. I brings together iconic items like Oddjob’s killer steel-rimmed hat (Gold­finger) and Daniel Craig’s sexy swimsuit from Casino Royale. www.Tiff.netNeil Davidson
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Goldeneye, Jamaica

Fleming was sent on a mission to Jamaica to check out German U-boat activity in the Caribbean during the Second World War. He loved what he saw and vowed to spend the rest of his life in a little village on Oracabessa Bay. It was here in 1953 that he created James Bond and wrote his first book featuring him, Casino Royale. Today, stay and play at the hotel opened at the site. www.goldeneye.comHandout photo
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James Bond Island, Thailand

Its real name is Ko Tapu; but after appearing in The Man With the Golden Gun (1974), it was stuck with its new moniker. You can book a sunset cruise on a junk to get a closer look. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) revisited the area. www.tourismthailand.orgIanz
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Bond in Motion, Beaulieu National Motor Museum, Hampshire, England

Gear heads can catch the world’s largest exhibit of official Bond vehicles until the end of December. Sexy Aston Martins are on hand, as well as hot wheels from Lotus, Rolls-Royce, and BMW. Two motorcycles used in the opening sequence of Skyfall represent the two-wheel contingent. www.beaulieu.co.ukBrian Snelson
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Mount Asgard, Baffin Island, Nunavut

One of the most spectacular Bond stunts of all time was filmed here (doubling as the Austrian Alps). In The Spy Who Loved Me (1976), Bond (actually stuntman Rick Sylvester) skis off a mountain and descends more than 900 metres with help of a Union Jack parachute. www.nunavuttourism.comAnsgar Walk
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